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Originally Posted by mikwerdna
My FRS is my daily driver and I want the car to feel a little more alive and have a bit more oomph during everyday driving and increase the sound of the engine/exhaust a little bit.
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For maintaining oem driveabilty and reliability and adding a bit more oomph. I would recommend ace header with delicious tune. If available E85 and flex fuel. Add in a catback of your preference for the sound you like. Then look at a final drive swap to really start pulling and make 4th gear useable. This combo will really wake the car up and make it feel like it should have from the factory.
But my personal recommendation. Once you start modding, you will always want a little more. “Another 20hp and I’ll be happy” But staying NA you’ll always want just a little more and never be satisfied. I did just about every NA mod possible without building the engine or stripping interior. And I finally said screw it and got a supercharger. Luckily a SC was in the back of my mind so nothing I did isn’t beneficial and usable with the SC or atleast sellable for most of my money back.
A good turbo or supercharger setup isn’t too much more then the above setup but will net twice the gains with minimal reduction in reliability. And then you should be happy. Or atleast closer to being happy.